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This one was shot during the halfpipe finals at the US Open. Instead of shooting the snowboarder I decided to take a picture of the crowd while the rider was soaring high above them. The main reason I love this photo is because of the girl not even looking at the rider, who appears to be screaming at the top of her lungs. The cartoon feet at the bottom don't hurt either. I laugh every time I see this one. Photo: Laura Austin
These photos are a sample of images I collected during my years as online editor of Snowboarder. During my time at the magazine, I was able to travel the globe documenting the people, places, and action in the snowboard world. I wouldn’t have exactly considered myself a “photographer” at the time, since photography was only a small part of my job… but it was these years behind a lens that influenced me to take my camera and run with it.
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